Bob Uecker is one of the finest announcers baseball has ever seen. He created an iconic role as Harry Doyle in the “Major League” movies. He parlayed an otherwise insignificant playing career into an asset as a pitchman. He starred in a sitcom that, by the low standards of the era in which it aired, was actually pretty good. It is not hyperbole at all to call Uecker a “great.”

But he was not the greatest scout baseball has ever seen. Not by a longshot:

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That is taken from the Uecker documentary MLB Network is running tonight at 7PM called “Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker.” Based on that, I feel like my theory of documentaries — that ones about people who failed in some cases are far better than ones about people who knew nothing but success are kind of boring — still holds.

As most of you should know by now, I’m a Brewers fan and however selfish it sounds, I take pride knowing that Ueck is calling the games for my team. A hometown guy, one of the funniest men out there and just a genuinely nice person, you can’t hate Ueck. Top 5 baseball announcers ever? I put Scully at #1, Ueck at #4.

Being utterly spoiled by listening to Vin Scully broadcast Dodger games my entire life, and enduring the pain of other “broadcasters” vomit into the microphone, makes me appreciate quality broadcasters. Bob Uecker is a pleasure to listen to broadcast games, and I hope all Brewers fans realize how lucky they are to have such a great guy in the booth.